WINDHOEK， April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Namibia Ladies Beach Volleyball team， missed out on their Olympic ticket to Rio after failing to impress at the just ended CAVB Continental Cup Finals held in Abuja， Nigeria.
The finals in Nigeria， played host to the top ten ladies beach volleyball teams in Africa. Namibia were in group B and played against Rwanda， Egypt， Morocco and Mozambique， while the All Africa Games Champions， Nigeria， were in group A with Gambia， Ghana， Sierra Leone and Mauritius.
The Namibian team which consisted of Rosi Hennes， Stephanie Palhert， Julia Lagger and Kim Seebach had already successfully progressed through two qualification rounds， but failed to make an impact， as they lost to a strong Moroccan team as well as the Egyptians and only won 7 out of the 10 matches they played through the qualification journey.
The national coach， James Verrinder in an interview on Friday said， "the ladies are still only 18， 19 and 22 years old and have many years ahead of them and with such valuable experience at such an early age， the future for the ladies beach volleyball looks very exciting."
The Olympic ticket to Rio Olympics was later clinched by Egypt after they beat Rwanda 2-1 in the Golden match. Enditem
BERLIN， May 19 (Xinhua) -- Nuremberg grabbed a 1-1 draw in Frankfurt at the first leg of the promotion play-off game on Thursday.
After completing the season on the 16th place Frankfurt have to encounter third-placed Nuremberg from the second division to battle for a spot in Germany' s top flight.
Eintracht Frankfurt took the reins from the kick-off whereas lower league side Nuremberg defended deep to lurk for counter attack opportunities.
However， the hosts were unable to take advantage on their opportunities as Nuremberg custodian Raphael Schaefer defused Stefan Aigner' s shot on target from sharp angel in the opening period before Haris Seferovic pulled wide from 15 meters in the 41st minute.
It was the visitors who broke the deadlock against the run of the game after Marco Russ' own goal following a free kick from Nuremberg' s Sebastian Kerk granted the 1-0 lead minutes before the half time.
After the restart， Frankfurt piled on the pace to increase the pressure on Nuremberg. The host' s efforts paid off as Mijat Gacinovic made use of a cross from Timothy Chandler to restore parity with 65 minutes into the game.
Niko Kovac' s men pressed for the second goal but neither Chandler' s header nor Seferovic' s shot on target ensured the lead in the closing period.
"We dominated the match but we were unable to overcome Nuremberg' s bulwark for more than once，" Frankfurt' s chairman Heribert Bruchhagen said.
With the result， Nuremberg would promote with a goalless draw while Frankfurt need a win or a draw， higher than a 1-1， to maintain their first division status for next season.
The second leg of the promotion play-off will be held in Nuremberg on Monday.
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BEIJING nike air max 97 undefeated scontate , Dec. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Berluti's creative director Alessandro Sartori aims to change the average man's attitude toward dressing. Kitty Go reports.
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